SIENNA GALLERY continues to promote cutting edge and emerging talents alongside established artists. Through specific exhibitions highlighting new and unique artists every year the gallery brings a fresh perspective to contemporary craft and art in a professional venue. The first Emerging Artist exhibition this year features Suzanne Beautyman and Barb Smith. Following in July will be Monika Krol and Danielle Rizzolo. In November, Maya Kini, the SG Emerging Artist Award recipient for 2009 will present a solo exhibition.
 Opulent Boarders (Multi Flowers)Brooch, 2010
Iron, Silver, Enamel, Ceramic Decal
11.4 X 10.2 X 4.4 cm
Window (Yellow/Green)Brooch, 2010.
Iron, Mica, Enamel, Ceramic Decal
11.4 X 3.8 X 1.9 cm
Façade Brooch, 2010
Iron, Steel, Silver, Wood, Enamel, Ceramic Decal, Resin
11.4 X 10.2 X 1.9 cm
Interior Blinds Brooch, 2010
Iron, Silver, Mica, Enamel, Ceramic Decal
10.2 X 10.2 X 3.8 cm
Trailer Brooch, 2010
Iron, Forged Steel, Enamel, Ceramic Decal
7 X 5.1 X 5.1 cm
 Opulent Boarders (Yellow/Orange Flowers)
Brooch, 2010 (front)
Iron, Silver, Enamel, Ceramic Decal
10.8 X 10.2 X 5.1 cm
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SUZANNE BEAUTYMAN received her BA in Economics in 2002 from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. After three years in marketing, she moved to Italy to pursue a passion for metalsmithing, and the jewelry arts in particular. In Florence she studied under such renowned jewelry artists as Manfred Bischoff and Peter Skubic at Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School. In 2008 she returned to the United States to pursue an MFA under the German jewelry artist Iris Eichenberg at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI. After graduating in May of 2010, Suzanne will spend two months in Berlin, Germany as the 2010 recipient of the Daimler Emerging Artist Award. This fall she returns to Alchimia to begin her new role as Assistant Director and teacher for students of their Second Year course.
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Opulent Boarders (Blue Swirl) Brooch 2010
Iron, Silver, Enamel, Ceramic Decal
8.9 X 7 X 3.8 cm
House Brooch, 2010.
Steel, Silver, Enamel,Ceramic Decal
8.9 X 5.1 X 3.8 cm
I am interested in perceived notions of wealth and beauty. When I moved to Detroit after living abroad for three years, I was struck by the contradicting landscape created by the city's affluent and impoverished neighborhoods. Drawing from this landscape and the socioeconomic conditions it exhibits, my recent work presents deteriorated architectural forms as objects of adornment. As a series of brooches, they reference jewelry's historical representation of wealth, while their forms capture degraded fragments of local architecture. Folds and cuts in iron surfaces invite peering into their voids, where delicate patterns set in colored enamel offset the dark metal façade. Reminiscent of wallpaper, the patterned interior surfaces speak of a careful care and consideration put into adorning ones own personal space. Voyeuristic glimpses inside the pieces reveal worn surfaces suggestive of domestic interiors. The care and consideration once present have fallen subject to external elements, leaving behind remnants of a pride in ownership and coveted past.
Suzanne Beautyman, 2010
Bed Brooch , 2010
Forged Steel, Silver, Enamel, Ceramic Decal
7.6 X 6.4 X 5.1 cm
Window (White/Green)
Brooch, 2010
Iron, Mica, Enamel, Ceramic Decal
11.4 X 3.8 X 1.9 cm
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